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Seven technologies to watch in 2021

COVID considerations unsurprisingly dominate the tech developments that could have a big impact in the coming year.
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Biopharmaceutical firm CureVac’s RNA printer can rapidly supply mRNA vaccine candidates. Credit: CureVac

This year looks to be a promising one for technology development. From advances in vaccines to olfaction, neuroscience to mass spectrometry, researchers describe the tools and techniques generating excitement in their disciplines.

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Nature 589, 630-632 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00191-z

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  • Correction 11 March 2021: An earlier version of this feature erroneously stated that GenEPi was developed at Imperial College London.

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